Acrophytum claviger Hickson, a little known soft coral from South African waters, is redescribed from one of Hickson's original specimens. The specimen is designated as a paralectotype. Photographs and sclerite drawings supplement Hickson's sparsely illustrated paper, as do histological data from an additional specimen containing an unusual reproductive stage. A comparison is made between A. claviger and Minabea robusta Utinomi and Imahara, but the two taxa appear distinct.